Nafe (Kwamera)

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Wahe Martial

nourire le cochon

Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v. intransitive

Speaker: Martial Wahe

broser le jardin

(Bislama) go weed

Speaker: Martial Wahe

phrase

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: When a person drinks the water from this fruit, it does not seem very sweet. The local name refers to “expired,” meaning that the fruit has expired and therefore the juice is not very sweet

Scientific name: Cocos nucifera, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: Leaves fed to pig. Women string the seeds to make necklaces to sell. If the libido of a male is too strong ("bamboo is too strong"), mix juice from leaves and mix with 1/2 L water and drink 2 cups 1 day.

Scientific name: Leucaena leucocephala, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Rick Winterbottom / FishWise Professional, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Gerres erythrourus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Sargocentron cornutum via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Tony Morris, License: CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Oceanodroma tristrami, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

discourse particle

Speaker: Martial Wahe

le fils de mon plus jeune frère (neveu)

Speaker: Wahe Martial

n.

Speaker: Jean Eskar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

(Bislama) lata

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by J. E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Scarus niger via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Caranx papuensis via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Scientific name: Manihot esculenta, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Sargocentron tiere via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Rick Winterbottom / FishWise Professional, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Siganus vermiculatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nakwas naniki:ri] n.

Scientific name: Salacia, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n.

(Bislama) napiripiri

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Only used for making lap-lap for kastom ceremonies

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n.

Example: Planted along the coast and used for protection against storms.

Scientific name: Scaevola taccada, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[napɨk]

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Eaten ripe

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n.

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Pommetia pinnata, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Ficus septica, Speaker: Martial Wahe

la fete

(Bislama) bigfala kakae

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Syzygium aneityense, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: If someone has swollen legs or arms, like from bruises or boils, crush leaves and rub on the swollen area twice a day for 1 week, or until sores disappear. For anemia, take a double handful of leaves, squeeze into 1 L water, and drink one bottle three day for 2 weeks.

Scientific name: Plectranthus scutellarioides, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Example: This plant is used to lift a person up--take two leaves together and make a "seat" and put it under a person, they can then be lifted up by the two people with a leaf on each side of that person. Use the leaf of this species to wrap rolled leaves of wild tobaco, to protect it and keep it fresh and moist

Scientific name: Piper methysticum, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: A sharpened stick made from this plant is used to take the husk off of coconuts. The wood of this plant is used to make a child’s bow--carve the bark off and bend it with a string made from the banyon (Ficus) tree to both ends of the bow.

Scientific name: Acalypha grandis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Wood is hard, making it good for canoe making. Also used to make the stick that holds outrigger to canoe (Nikiavet).

Scientific name: Vitex trifolia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[nokwai nɨfaŋa]

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Agricultural: When it is time to harvest the first crop of yam (~ April 1st), the 1st yam (’Nuk’) is put inside the hole from where it was harvested with one or two green leaves of this plant.

Scientific name: Oxera lehuntei, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: 1. Ripe fruits are used by children in a game to imitate the devil. 2. It is considered tapu to make firewood from this tree. It tis thought the yam stems will dry and the fruits will be sub-par as a result.

Scientific name: Melastoma malabathricum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Secret medicine--not to discuss

Scientific name: Scyphularia pycnocarpa, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Scientific name: Vittaria elongata, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n. inalienable

Scientific name: Barringtonia edulis, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨhi yesur]

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Ian Shaw / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Pterocaesio tile via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

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Scientific name: Whitesands language (not Nafe), Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nɨpunpun] n.

Speaker: Jean Eskar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by melianie_and_max / iNaturalist, License: CC0 via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Tirumala hamata via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Andy A. Lewis / Lizard Island Research Station, License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Scarus schlegeli via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Pterocaesio trilineata via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

cooment vous en ? tout vas bien ?

(Bislama) osem wanem yufala oraet ?

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Is used only for making lap-lap

Scientific name: Dioscorea spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

n nid d’abeille

Speaker: Martial wahe

n. sentier

Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Jean Eskar

n mon foie

Speaker: Martial wahe

Example: Photo by Philippe Guillaume, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Sphyraena forsteri via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

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Example: Flower for decorating things like at marriage, church, opening of new building like dispensary. Ancient people, when needed water, take stem, mash 4-6 pieces and squeeze into coconut shell and drink it. So squeeze the stems together after mashing them along their entire length with wood post. This can be used to collect water today when a person is in the forest and thirsty. Leaves wrap banana laplap. Put in saucepan boil 20 minutes, toss out water, take leaf off and eat laplap. Leaf folded not tied. People say its native to Vanuatu

Scientific name: Heliconia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: If a person gets cut while on reef, take leaves and burn them to an ash. Put this powder on the sore for one day to dry and heal cut. For constipation, take 1 handful bark, mash it, put with coconut water (one coconut’s worth0, and drink a cup once. Don’t do other activites. This will clear bowel within a day. Very powerful.

Scientific name: Excoecaria agallocha, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Example: Used for the construction of many things including walls for houses and benches.

Scientific name: Bambusa vulgaris, Speaker: Johnson Noar

[tuwai] n.

Example: The stem is used to make house posts; the young stems are used to make bows and young boys use the bows made from this tree to hunt birds and flying foxes.

Scientific name: Dysoxylum aneityense, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Naso hexacanthus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Jean-Lou Justine / Wikimedia Commons, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Naso tonganus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by zsispeo, License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Taeniura lymma via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Jeffrey T. Williams / Smithsonian Institution, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Crenimugil crenilabis via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe